diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/corenet_generic.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/corenet_generic.c
index 3803b0addf65..6c0ba75fb256 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/corenet_generic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/corenet_generic.c
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id of_device_ids[] = {
 	{
 		.compatible	= "fsl,qe",
 	},
-	{
-		.compatible    = "fsl,fman",
-	},
 	/* The following two are for the Freescale hypervisor */
 	{
 		.name		= "hypervisor",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
index dafd9e1baba2..4b832633a1c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman.c
@@ -2868,6 +2868,13 @@ static struct fman *read_dts_node(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 
 	fman->dev = &of_dev->dev;
 
+	err = of_platform_populate(fm_node, NULL, NULL, &of_dev->dev);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(&of_dev->dev, "%s: of_platform_populate() failed\n",
+			__func__);
+		goto fman_free;
+	}
+
 	return fman;
 
 fman_node_put: